The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History (MLFH) is a non-profit 501c3 organization in Palm Beach County, Florida that was established in 1999. The current programs include Children & Parents Day, theTaste History Culinary Tours of Historic Palm Beach County, Florida; the Narrated Bus Tours of Palm Beach County, Florida.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Sun-Sentinel news story about Children & Parents Day on March 3, 2013 celebrating the Pineapple Fruit and Florida's 500th Anniversary sponsored by TARGET and Kingston & Associates

Children & Parents Day to

celebrate Florida's 500th anniversary

by Jan Engoren

February 27, 2013

Delray Forum/Boynton Forum

Sun-Sentinel

It's a pineapple party with a purpose, said Lori Durante, executive director of the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History, of the eighth annual Children & Parents Day, featuring interactive workshops, arts and crafts and cooking demonstrations, with a focus on the pineapple, a fruit with a long history in Florida.

Sunday's event, inspired by National Nutrition Month and sponsored by Target and the museum, celebrates the 500th anniversary of Florida.

Target has a long history of community involvement and, according to its website, supports the arts and is slated to give more than $1 billion toward education by the end of 2015.

The day is an official community event partner for Viva Florida, a statewide initiative led by the Florida Department of State to mark the 500th anniversary of the arrival of Juan Ponce de León to the land he named "La Florida" in 1513.

"It is great that for the 500th anniversary of the state of Florida, local families and especially children can learn about the historical development of their hometowns with such a fun and relatable hands-on experience," said State Rep. Lori Berman of District 90.

Sunday, March 3, 2013 is the 8th annual Children & Parents Day celebrating the Pineapple Fruit for National Nutrition Awareness Month and Florida's 500th Anniversary

Activities will take place at the historic Boynton Woman's Club, an Addison Mizner building from the 1920s, and will include cooking demos and classes, pineapple-themed arts and crafts, souvenir photos in the pineapple patch, a personal appearance by pineapple farmer Patty, entertainment, music and an all-you-can eat farm-to-table lunch catered by the Secret Garden Café.

"The pineapple theme is incorporated into all aspects of the event from its history to art-making and cooking demos," Durante said. "Local chefs, including Chrissy Benoit of the Little House, Phillip Herman of the Secret Garden Café and Suzanne O'Neil of the South Tech Culinary Academy and Bonnie Brown of Bonnie's Best Bites will give hands-on cooking classes for children and parents."

Benoit said she loves the idea of children getting more in touch with their food.

"I will create a fresh pineapple salsa that was featured on the TV show, 'Diners Drive-ins and Dives' with Guy Fieri," she said. "It's a wonderful fresh salsa that is great on food or with tortilla chips."

She said she will create her restaurant's signature dish, a pineapple upside down cake. "I hope this event empowers people with their food and brings out their creativity," Benoit said.

Children & Parents Day is set for Sunday, March 3rd at the historic Boynton Woman's Club in Boynton Beach, Florida. The theme is celebrating the Pineapple Fruit for National Nutrition Awareness Month and Florida's 500th Anniversary

A specially designed pineapple fruit-shaped cake created by pastry chef Lara Fisher of Cakes by Lara will be served for dessert and Kingston & Associates, a produce distributor with storage and shipping facilities in Pompano Beach, are donating their Costa Rica Sugar Pine pineapples.

Kingston & Associates MD2 Gold fresh Pineapples for the March 3rd Children & Parents Day celebrating the Pineapple Fruit for National Nutrition Awareness Month and Florida's 500th Anniversary

**ALL activities will be held INSIDEthe historic Boynton Woman's Club**

About Children & Parents Day:The pineapple fruit will have a starring role at the 8th Children & Parents Day set for Sunday, March 3, 2013. Sponsored by Target stores and presented by the non-profit Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History, Children & Parents Day is celebrating the pineapple fruit for National Nutrition Awareness Month and Florida's 500th anniversary. The Master of Ceremony is Virginia Sinicki of the KVJ Show on Wild 95.5.

The event will feature pineapple fruit-infused cooking demos, Make-Me-A-Pineapple kids cooking classes, pineapple-themed arts and crafts, souvenir photos in the pineapple patch, a personal appearance by the Pineapple Farmer Patty, entertainment; music and an all-you-can eat farm-to-table lunch. The event will held at the historic Boynton Woman's Club in Boynton Beach.The
Florida Farm Bureau Federation and thePalm
Beach County and Western Palm Beach County Farm Bureau are now confirmed to
participate in the event where they will be hosting an information and
farm-related activity station pertaining to farming in the State of
Florida.The Florida Farm Bureau
Federation was established in 1941. The
Florida Farm Bureau Federation's mission is "to increase the net income of
farmers and ranchers, and to improve the quality of rural life." The
vision of the FFBF is "Florida Farm Bureau will be the most effective,
influential and respected Farm Bureau in the nation. To truly be recognized as
Florida's Voice of Agriculture.

Famed ChefChrissy Benoit of The Little House will conduct a cooking demo and kids cooking class highlighting the use of the fresh pineapple fruit.The cooking demo line-up includes baker Bonnie Brown of Bonnie’s Best Bests; and Chef Phillip Herman of the Secret Garden Café.Under the leadership of Chef Suzanne O’Neil of the South Tech Culinary Academy, her students will assist the chefs with the kitchen management, demos and kids cooking classes. Sugar Pines pineapples are sponsored by Kingston & Associates.

A special designed pineapple fruit-shaped cake by Pastry Chef Lara Fisher of Cakes by Lara will be unveiled at the March 3rd Children & Parents Day.

The all-you-can-eat farm-to-table health lunch is being catered by the Secret Garden Café with fresh produce for the Urban Farm and food ingredients from Target grocery store. Pineapple fruit smoothies are prepared by the Java Juice Bar.

Pineapple fruit planting demos will be showcased by the Boynton Garden Club.

Pineapple-themed arts and crafts will be the fun interactive experience for the children and their families.Art-making studios will be provided by ActivistArtista, Art-Sea Living, Artful Dreamers Studio and Inge Behrens Fine Art of CIB Gallery. Students from American Heritage School of Boca/Delray are the official student volunteers for the arts and craft stations.And, the American Heritage National Honor Science Society is presenting an activity at Children & Parents Day.Sugar Pines MD2 Gold Fresh Pineapples are sponsored Kingston & Associates﻿﻿﻿
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Kingston and Associates Marketing was founded by David O. Kingston, Owner and CEO of the Company. Over the past forty years, our mission has been to grow, pack and ship the freshest high quality produce possible to our food service and retail customer partners across the United States. Although Kingston began in the volcanic soils growing famous Idaho potatoes, we have steadily grown our customer-driven offerings to a produce portfolio of over 30 fresh programs sourced from all over North and South America. The key to this success has been in providing the highest level of customer service and, throughout the years, staying true to our brand promise: “a relentless commitment to quality and food safety.” At Kingston, we live this promise everyday and truly love what we do! This promise is made a reality by our integrated supply chain, enabling Kingston to control each step of the process and deliver added value to our customers. We find that retail customers and foodservice distributors alike enjoy the benefits of working with a seasoned provider of quality programs where quality food programs are supported by food safety, transportation & logistical capabilities, and state of the art warehouse facilities. Together, we offer true “Planting to Plate” service and dependability.

The 8th annual Children & Parents Day is an official community event partner for the 500thanniversary of the State of Florida, Viva Florida. Pineapple fruit farming had a major historic impact during the agricultural development of the State of Florida.Pineapple Farmer Patty will be making a personal appearance at the event. And, souvenir photos will be offered in the Pineapple Fruit Patch.

Purchase tickets in advance for discounts. Children & Parents Day will be hosted at the Boynton Woman's Club, 1010 S. Federal Highway, Boynton Beach. The Boynton Woman's Club is an original Addison Mizner building that is on the National Registry of Historic Places. Complimentary valet parking will be provided.Additional support has been provided by The Palm Beach Post, the Patricia Ann Ravo Fund; and Boris & Edith Rueger Fund.Sponsorship opportunities are still available.

The purpose of this festive program is to provide a fun-filled day of family adventures with arts, crafts and history education activities for children.

The Museum of Lifestyle& Fashion History was established in year 1999 and is a non-profit 501c3 organization with the mission to offer educational programs, and history and retrospective anthropology exhibits showcasing lifestyle, cultures, people, places, fashion trends, clothes, architecture, furnishings, decorative arts, interior designs, locomotives and toys, and information about popular uses of artifacts by people/events of various periods of time.

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The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History (MLFH) is a non-profit museum. MLFH offers educational programs and history and retrospective anthropology exhibits showcasing lifestyle, cultures, people, places, fashion trends, clothes, costumes, textiles, architecture, furnishings, decorative arts, interior designs, locomotives and toys, and information about popular uses of artifacts by people/events of various periods of time. The goal of the Museum’s mission is to collect and preserve objects and artifacts that relate to the Museum’s mission; provide educational and; cultural arts programs for children, families, the general public and the economically disadvantaged; and the goal is to enhance tourist attractions and the economy of the area. Current services offered are traveling exhibits, the annual Children and Parents Day, the Narrated Bus Tours of Historic Palm Beach County; and the Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Palm Beach County, Florida. Call 561-243-2662 or 561-638-8277.